Get your tickets to the inaugural Dan’s Taste x Gurney’s fine dining event which will debut Thursday, August 17 at the famed Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa! The event is the culmination of the 2023 Dan’s Taste Summer Series hosted by Dan’s Papers.

Dan’s Taste X Gurney’s is a fine dining event where guests can enjoy culinary creations by Gurney’s Chef Christopher Watts. Sample the best of Gurney’s Montauk restaurants from Tillie’s, The Beach Club and The Firepit along with the best of Scarpetta Beach featuring Jorge Espinosa, Corporate Executive Chef for Scarpetta Restaurants and Chef De Cuisine Mbada Danso. Guests will experience the Hamptons farm-fresh produce and locally-sourced provisions from Milk Pail and Balsam Farms, Gosman’s Fish and North Fork Oyster.

“The coolest thing will be showcasing our local farms,” said Christopher Watts, executive chef at Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa, noting local partners include The Milk Pail, Balsam Farms, North Fork Oysters and Gosman’s Fish Market. “I think it’s important to support the people around you.”

Gold and Silver tickets to the event will include a lobster and caviar dinner in the VIP dining lounge. Gold tickets enjoy early entry, a Champagne toast with the chefs and a beach bonfire afterparty. Silver ticket holders will enjoy cocktails and appetizers followed by a sit down lobster and caviar dinner in the VIP dining lounge 7–9 p.m. Bronze ticket holders will enjoy a ‘walk around party’ with bites and cocktails during the same time; it will be a fine culinary celebration at every level. The evening concludes with a bonfire on the beach with s’mores, cocktails and wines through 10 p.m.

Sponsors of the event include Adamas Reserve, Armond de Brignac, Cincoro Tequila, Corona Premier, Country Carpet, Dan’s Papers, Fresca Mixed, Great Jones, 400 Conejos, Hampton Ice, Reinstein Ross and Passmore. The event will also include a rare opportunity to meet the proprietor behind Passmore, a boutique Northern California farm that operates one of the nation’s few caviar producers, who will be serving up the delicacy in between supplying leading chefs around the world. “I can assure you (guests) are going to enjoy caviar like they never have before,” Michael Passmore said of the event. “Everybody there is going to get to experience a bit of caviar.”

Tickets are all-inclusive of food and beverage and can be purchased HERE.

Dan’s Taste X Gurney’s will be held Thursday, August 17 at Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa, located at 290 Old Montauk Highway, Montauk.

Written by Nicole Vawter